In life, you don't get what you deserve; you get what you believe, plan, and expect.
Fish deserve to be caught for they are lazy. Two million years of evolution and they still haven't got out of the water.
Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.
He who disagrees with me in private, call him a fool. He who disagrees with me in public, call him an ambulance.
Although no man is an island, you can make quite an effective raft out of six.
If you only ever read one book in your life. . . I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut.
Like bees around honey. Why are bees so attracted to honey, since they make it? It can only be vanity.
Years passed; and he endured the idleness of his intelligence and the inertia of his heart.
Just watching an actor in front you really provokes you in such a sudden, unexpected way. You can't ask for anything more from someone you're working with than that.
The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
How extraordinary it is to be here at all. Awareness of death can jolt us awake to the sensuality of existence. Breath is no longer a routine inhalation of air but a quivering intake of life. The eye is quickened to the play of light and shade and color, the ear to the intricate medley of sound. This is where the meditation leads. Stay with it; rest with it. Notice how distraction is a flight from this, an escape from awe to worry and plans.